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Leon Oettinger, tobacco warehouse owner of Douglas, Ga., in the 1940s, and his wife,
Amy Montgomery Oettinger, who wrote about warehousing and selling tobacco. Six photographs relating to the tobacco industry in Douglas, Ga., including several
of the warehouse owned by Leon Oettinger and of unidentified townspeople. Also included
is a carbon copy of a nine-page typed article, written in 1941 by Amy Montgomery Oettinger,
about the selling of the 1940 tobacco crop.

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Six photographs relating to the tobacco industry in Douglas, Ga., including several
of the warehouse owned by Leon Oettinger and of unidentified townspeople. Also included
is a carbon copy of a nine-page typed article, written in 1941 by Amy Montgomery Oettinger,
about the selling of the 1940 tobacco crop.